Sunday, April 24, 2016

IT News Head Lines (TweakTown) 25/04/2016

AMD Radeon Pro Duo official specs arrived, 1.5x performance of Titan X
AMD
is days away from pushing its Radeon Pro Duo into the wild, its first
dual-GPU video card since the infamous Radeon R9 295X2. The press slides
are now out - even before I received them (thanks, AMD...) and now we
know the official specs - even though we kinda...

AMD's Project Quantum might return with Zen CPU, Vega GPU with HBM2
Project
Quantum is one of the coolest things AMD has ever shown off, but it was
never delivered to market. Project Quantum and an insane amount of
power inside of its small, and super-unique chassis - but used an Intel
CPU at the time, alongside the dual Fiji GPU when...Read the rest in your browser using this link! Tap or click here.

Oculus PC bundles shipping faster than early Rift pre-orders
While
early Oculus Rift adopters wait in uncertain limbo for shipping
confirmations, retailers have ample supplies of Oculus Rift PC bundles
and have started to ship orders.

Borderlands 3 confirmed, gets new writer and art director
At
a PAX East panel, Gearbox Software confirmed it will begin development
on Borderlands 3 once Battleborn and all its accompanying DLC packs are
completely finished.

Steam to start accepting bitcoin as valid payment option
According to a leaked post
on Steam's official developer forums, Valve will start accepting
Bitcoin crytocurrency as a valid payment option for purchases on the
digital storefront.

AMD stock rises 52%, biggest gainer and most active stock on NASDAQ
AMD
has had a great week, topping it off with a huge 52% rise in stock to
$3.99. This is the highest gain in a single day since AMD stock was
listed, all the way back in 1979.

Blizzard 'failed horrifically' with mysterious Project Titan MMO
After seven years of development, Blizzard cancelled its ambitious Project Titan MMO
in 2014. Now Blizzard dev Jeff Kaplan sheds some light on why Titan
collapsed, and how the "devastating failure" inspired the team to create
Overwatch.

iPhone 8 reportedly using by 7nm processor, includes wireless charging
While
the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus are the current flagship smartphones
from Apple, we're months away from the purported iPhone 7 - and years
away from the iPhone 8. That however, doesn't stop the rumor mill from
spinning out rumors on the iPhone 8.

When
Namco Bandai was originally pitched on this series by From Software,
you have to wonder what that meeting was like. They wanted to build a
game that was incredibly challenging, many players would get so
frustrated they would not finish and at every turn, the player would
seem like...Read the rest in your browser using this link! Tap or click here.

QNAP launches 4-bay TBS-453A M.2 SSD NASbook
QNAP Systems,
Inc. released the world's first M.2 SSD-based NAS - the TBS-453A
NASbook. Featuring a quad-core Intel processor and using M.2 SSDs for
storage, the TBS-453A not only provides full NAS functionalities with
RAID protection in an ultra-compact size, but can also act as a physical
network switch and...Read the rest in your browser using this link! Tap or click here.

BIOSTAR announces the Hi-Fi B150S5 motherboard
BIOSTAR
proudly introduces its latest Hi-Fi series motherboard intended for
gaming and multimedia enthusiasts. With a balance of features and
performance, the BIOSTAR Hi-Fi B150S5 offers those looking for a
foundation for their next movie and gaming system to get the most of out
their experience.

AMD reports 2016 First Quarter resultsAMD today announced
revenue for the first quarter of 2016 of $832 million, operating loss of
$68 million, and net loss of $109 million, or $0.14 per share. Non-GAAP
operating loss was $55 million and non-GAAP net loss was $96 million,
or $0.12 per share.

Razer Turret living room gaming mouse and lapboard hit stores, enables high-performance wireless PC gaming from the couchRazer,
a world leader in connected devices and software for gamers, today
announced the much-anticipated release of the Razer Turret, a mouse and
integrated keyboard and mouse surface that together deliver the power of
desktop-grade gaming peripherals into the laps of gamers. The combo was
originally unveiled as a prototype...

Corsair announces three keyboards with Cherry MX speed switchesCorsair,
a leader in high-performance gaming hardware, today announced the
newest entries to its celebrated line-up of mechanical keyboards, the
K70 RGB RAPIDFIRE, K65 RGB RAPIDFIRE and K70 RAPIDFIRE. The first
keyboards in the world to feature the all-new Cherry MX Speed switch,
the Corsair RAPIDFIRE family's linear mechanical key...

HWBOT partners with TAITRA and CyberMedia to promote overclocking at Computex 2016HWBOT,
an organization regulating international Overclocking competitions and
rankings is delighted to announce its partnership with TAITRA (Taiwan
External Trade Development Council) and CyberMedia as the HWBOT World
Tour 2016 attends COMPUTEX 2016.

Acer readies Skylake-powered Chromebook 14 for workAcer
today debuts its new Chromebook 14 for Work, the industry's first
Chromebook with 6th Generation Intel Core processors, available with a
durable design to meet the demanding needs of enterprise, government,
small business and institutional users. The Acer Chromebook 14 for Work
is powered by a 6th Generation Intel...

Acer Unveils the Aspire S 13 Ultra-Thin NotebookToday Acer
announced the latest addition to its ultra-slim S series notebooks, the
Aspire S 13, a perfectly engineered thin and powerful Windows 10
notebook for design-conscious users. The angular, sleek chassis houses
the best-value-priced laptops on the market today, packed with features
for work and play.